Sanjitha Suresh

HR4000

The project critically analyses one of Uttam Jain's buildings in order to explain their significance to undergraduate architectural students. The studio comprised of studying both buildings and texts, seeing each as a source of complex ideas and narratives. The focus is on the building selected to introduce a theme relevant to the study of twentieth century Indian architecture. The project uses drawings and redrawing of the building as techniques of architectural analysis. The project is structured into three parts. Firstly, the analysis of buildings through the making of strategic drawings which explore their different architectural attributes. Secondly, critical analysis of selected key texts to provide frameworks. Finally, the preparation and delivery of a short lecture. In this project, the third part includes positioning the building selected, in a timeline of other buildings of Uttam Jain and then critically analysing them based on a framework or parameter.